Court to hear case of Ohio doctor whose conviction overturned

Tuesday

LIMA, Ohio (AP) — Appeals in the case of a doctor whose conviction on sexual imposition charges of groping some of his female patients was overturned will be heard by the Ohio Supreme Court.

Dr. James Gideon was found guilty in 2018 in Lima Municipal Court on three sexual imposition counts. He was sentenced to six months in jail and ordered to register as a sex offender.

The Third District Court of Appeals overturned the conviction because the trial judge rejected a defense motion to suppress statements Gideon made to a medical board investigator. The appellate court determined Gideon’s statements were involuntary due to fear that his medical license would be penalized.

Ohio’s high court agreed to hear appeals from the prosecution and the defense, Lima’s city law director recently told The Lima News.